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CAMPANULACE.E. XV. CAMPANULA. 



Meadow Bell-flower. PI. foot. 



75 C. PO'LLA (Lin. spec. p. 231.) stems humble, 1-flowered ; 

 leaves glabrous, crenulately toothed : lower ones on short peti- 

 oles, ovate-roundish : superior ones sessile, ovate, acute ; caly- 

 cine segments long-acuminated, erect, twice shorter than the 

 corolla, which is campanulate. %. H. Native of Transylvania, 

 Bohemia, alps of Austria, Syria, Carniola, &c. in shady places. 

 Jacq. obs. bot. 1. p. 30. t. 18. fl. austr. 3. t. 285. Gilib. de- 

 monstr. bot. t. 26. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 554. Sims, bot. mag. 

 2492. Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 80. Plant small. Stems rarely 

 pilose at the base, but usually glabrous. Root slender. Flowers 

 terminal, large for the size of the plant. Corollas of a deed vio- 

 laceous blue colour. 



Var. ft, rambsa (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 288.) stems branched 

 a little. If.. H. C. pulla j3, Lin. spec. p. 231. ? C. pulla, var. 

 Scop. earn. 1. p. 143. C. Bauh. prod. t. 35.? 



Russet Bell-flower. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1779. PI. | to | 

 foot. 



76 C. EXCISA (Schleich. pi. exsic. Murr. guide en Vail. p. 

 33. and 35.) plant glabrous, humble ; stems slender, 1-flowered; 

 lower leaves linear-acuminated ; calycine lobes setaceous, spread- 

 ing, at length reflexed, 3 times shorter than the corolla, which is 

 funnel-shaped; sinuses of corolla cut ; capsule obconical. If.. 

 H. Native of Switzerland, on the higher alps in the valley of 

 St. Nicholas; at Saas ; and about Simplon, &c. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 

 561. Rchb. icon. cent. 1. 1. 78. Re, fl. pedem. alt. p. 193. in mem. 

 acad. turin, t. 31. Gaud. fl. helv. 2. p. 147. t. 2. Stems nume- 

 rous, erect, slender, simple, naked at top. Leaves entire, or 

 remotely denticulated. Flowers drooping before and at the 

 time of expansion. Corollas blue. 



CtU-flowered Bell-flower. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 J to foot. 



77 C. WALDSTEINIA V NA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 99.) 

 glabrous ; stems erect, flexuous, stiff", simple, few-flowered ; 

 leaves sessile, lanceolate, serrated : lower ones obtuse : superior 

 ones long-acuminated ; alabastra erect ; calycine lobes subulate, 

 subdenticulated, spreading, 4 times shorter than the corolla, 

 which is campanulate. I/ . H. Native of Croatia, on the moun- 

 tains, in the fissures of rocks. Rchb. icon. bot. cent. 1. t. 85. 

 C. flexuosa, Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 2. p. 145. t. 136. C. 

 rupestris, Host, fl. austr. 1. p. 263. Stems numerous from the 

 same root, stiff. Flowers 3-4 at the top of each stem, one of 

 which is terminal, and the others from the axils of the superior 

 leaves, always looking upwards. Corollas of a violaceous blue 

 colour. 



Waldstein's Bell-flower. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. % 

 to |. foot. 



78 C. APARINOIDES (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 159.) gla- 

 brous ; stem weak, ascending, simple, few-flowered, having the 

 angles beset with short retrograde bristles ; lower leaves linear- 

 obovate : the rest linear and acuminated : all remotely denticu- 

 lated, and beset with retrograde short bristles ; calycine lobes 

 triangular, twice shorter than the corolla, which is campanulate ; 

 capsule spherical. 0. H. Native of North America, in humid 

 meadows about Elizabeth Town, on the banks of the Hudson, 

 near Boston ; Philadelphia, and West Chester in Pennsylvania. 

 C. erinoides, Muhl. cat. p, 22. Bigel. fl. bost. p. 54. Nutt. gen. 

 amer. 136. but not of Lin. and Willd. Root slender. Flowers 

 2-4, terminal, pedunculate, small, erect. Corollas white. 



Var. ft, multiflura (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 290.) stem erect ; 

 panicle divaricate. 



Goose-grass-like Bell-flower. Fl. June, Aug. PI. 1 foot. 



79 C. FLEXUOSA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 109.) glabrous ; 

 stem panicled at top, with erectish branches ; leaves most fre- 

 quent in the middle and above, almost sessile, lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated at both ends, coarsely serrated ; calycine lobes capillary, 



twice shorter than the corolla, which is tubularly campanulate ; 

 style a little exserted. If.. H. Native of Carolina, on high 

 mountains. Stems erect, angular. Leaves very few at the base, 

 but crowded at top. Flowers panicled, terminal and axillary. 

 Corolla blue. 



Flexuous Bell-flower. Fl. Aug. Sept. PI. ^ to foot. 



80 C. DIVARICA'TA (Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 109.) gla- 

 brous ; stem panicled at top, with the branches diverging ; leaves 

 equally scattered over the stem, nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminated at both ends, coarsely serrated, with rather scabrous 

 edges ; calycine lobes capillary, twice shorter than the corolla, 

 which is tubularly campanulate ; style a little exserted. I/ . H. 

 Native of Carolina and Virginia, on the mountains; and of Ken- 

 tucky, &c. Stems leafy to the middle, and almost naked in the 

 upper part. Flowers small, drooping, terminating the branches 

 and branchlets. Corolla azure blue. 



Bell-flower. PI. 2 to 4 inches. 



c. Plants few-flowered, pilose. Corolla downy outside. Cap- 

 sule usually turb'mate, and probably always drooping. All natives 

 of Nipaul. 



81 C. CA'NA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 101.) tomentose ; 

 stems ascending, branched ; leaves sessile, approximate, lanceo- 

 late, toothed, hoary beneath ; flowers terminal ; segments of 

 calyx lanceolate, toothed, twice shorter than the corolla, which 

 is funnel-shaped and pilose : capsule turbinate. 1. H. Native 

 of Nipaul, on the mountains near Gosaingsthan. Root fibrous. 

 Stems many, ascending, densely covered with white hairs, as 

 well as the upper surfaces of the leaves. Flowers on short pe- 

 duncles, terminating the stem and branches. Corollas blue. 



Hoary Bell-flower. Fl. Oct. PI. ascending. 



82 C. CANE'SCENS (Wall. cat. no. 1289.) plant hispid ; stem 

 erect ; radical leaves crowded, lanceolate, crenulated : cauline 

 leaves remote, narrower, repandly denticulated ; flowers race- 

 mose, often approximate, on short pedicels, small ; tube of calyx 

 spherical: lobes linear, entire; corolla tubular, pilose. O- H. 

 Native of Nipaul ; and Hindostan, about Rampore. Alph. D. C. 

 mon. p. 292. C. Benthamii, Wall. cat. no. 1290. Root 

 slender. Stem branched from the base or simple. Flowers 

 numerous, small, 4-6 at the top of each branchlet, the whole 

 forming a many-flowered loose raceme. 



Canescent Bell-flower. PI. 1 foot. 



83 C. COIOKA'TA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 101.) stem 

 branched, downy ; leaves scattered, lanceolate, acute, repandly 

 denticulated ; peduncles elongated, terminal and axillary ; calyx 

 with a very pilose obconical tube, and triangular entire lobes, 

 which are about equal in length to the corolla, which is tubular 

 and velvety ; capsule turbinate. 7.F. Native of Nipaul. Leaves 

 variable in size, acuminated at both ends, sessile, downy. Pe- 

 duncles nearly naked, or bearing a large bractea each. 



Var. ft, Moorcrofliana (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 233.) leaves less 

 toothed. ^ . H. Native of the north of India, about Ludack. 

 C. Moorcroftiana, Wall. herb. no. 1288. 



Coloured Bell-flower. PL | foot. 



84 C. PA'LLIDA (Wall, in asiat. res. 13. p. 375.) plant clothed 

 with canescent pili ; stem erect, branched ; leaves elliptic, sinu- 

 ately crenated, petiolate : upper ones sessile ; calyx bristly, with 

 linear-lanceolate segments, which are about equal in length to 

 the corolla. I/ . ? F. Native of Nipaul, in sterile places. Wall. 

 in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 100. D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 156. 

 Branches slender, simple, subfastigiate. Flowers solitary, ter- 

 minating the stem and branchlets, white, forming a terminal fas- 

 tigiate panicle. Corolla pilose. 



Pale Bell-flower. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



85 C. RAMULOSA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 100.) stem 

 erect, pilose, branched; leaves lanceolate, sessile, crenately 



